Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture. read less
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The Oak Island Scheme - Part One: The Legend of the Money Pit feat. Dr. Sean Munger
2d ago
The Oak Island Scheme - Part One: The Legend of the Money Pit feat. Dr. Sean Munger
In the first part of a new series, I drill down into the legendary Money Pit on Oak Island, examining the evidence (or lack thereof) for claims about its history, what has been found there, and its supposed booby traps. Joining me for this series is friend of the show, Dr. Sean Munger! Visit factormeals.com/blind50 and use code blind50 to get 50% off! Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Black Ballots," "Rambling," "Bauxite," "Curio," "Cicle Deserrat," "Tarte Tatin," "An Oddly Formal Dance," and "The Gran Dias." Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "Something (Bonus Track)," and "daemones," are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Before Columbus - Part One: First Contact
27-02-2024
Before Columbus - Part One: First Contact
In the first of a 2-part series, I look at other claims of Pre-Columbian Trans-Oceanic Contact that precede the Norse claim as potentially the first culture to make transoceanic contact with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, examining diffusionist claims of African, Roman, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Polynesian contact.  Visit factormeals.com/blind50 and use code blind50 to get 50% off! Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Cicle Deserrat," "The Gran Dias," "Curio," "Lick Stick," "Maisie Dreamer," "Palms Down" "Black Ballots," "Tarte Tatin," "Bauxite," "Winter in Black," and "Invernen." Other music, including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "daedalus" is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Lost Colony - Part Two: The Dare Stones (UPDATED and REMASTERED VERSION of episode 2)
06-02-2024
The Lost Colony - Part Two: The Dare Stones (UPDATED and REMASTERED VERSION of episode 2)
In this rerelease, as with the first, I have completely rewritten and rerecorded the second episode in an effort to demonstrate the eventual quality of the podcast to new listeners who choose to start at the beginning. There is a lot of new material, so I'm also releasing it as a bonus episode. In the new version, I have restructured my exploration of the Dare Stones hoax and included more recent research. Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some background music on this episode was licensed under a Blue Dot Sessions blanket license at the time of this episodes publication. Tracks include "Access Road 442," "Tarte Tatin," "The Gran Dias," "Leatherbound," "An Oddly Formal Dance," "Maisie Dreamer," "Link Stick," "The Griffiths," "Silent Ocean," "Uncertain Ground," "Access Road 214," "Game Lands," "Voyager," "Cicle Deserrat," and "Brer Krille."  Other music, including "Sunset," and "Remedy for Melancholy" is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Additional Music: "Leaving Home" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Lost Colony - Part One: The Secret Token (UPDATED VERSION of episode 1)
23-01-2024
The Lost Colony - Part One: The Secret Token (UPDATED VERSION of episode 1)
In this rerelease, I have completely rewritten and rerecorded the first episode in an effort to demonstrate the eventual quality of the podcast to new listeners who choose to start at the beginning. I will be replacing the old episode audio but also releasing it at as a bonus episode so that listeners who are caught up don't miss out on what's essentially an all new look at the topic. In the new version, I dive far deeper into the mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke than I did back in 2016.  Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some background music, including "Sunset," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Oneiri," "daemones," "Cold War Echo," "Daylight PON II," and "Nothing (Bonus Track)" are by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Additional Music: "Decline" and "Clean Soul" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Historical Jesus and the Myths of Christ Mythicism (Another Historically Blind Xmas Special!)
25-12-2023
The Historical Jesus and the Myths of Christ Mythicism (Another Historically Blind Xmas Special!)
In this year's annual Xmas special, I put the Christ back into Christmas by refuting the fringe skeptical view that no such person as Jesus Christ ever existed. This topic forced us to examine what historical sources we can trust, how unreliable and yet how useful the New Testament may be to historians, and how the pagan continuity hypothesis leads to yet more unsupported, extreme conclusions.  Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. One song used in this episode, "Remedy for Melancholy," is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0). Other music featured: "A Very Brady Special," "At Rest," "Clean Soul," "Waiting," "Danse Morialta," "Calmant," "Immersed," "Snow Queen," "Blue Feather," "Magic Forest," "Decline," "Ritual," "The Other Side of the Door," and "Almost New" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Mushroom Kingdom: The Entheogen Theory of Religion
28-11-2023
The Mushroom Kingdom: The Entheogen Theory of Religion
In this last full episode of the year before my holiday special, I tackle an alternative view of religion and history with some academic chops that also indulges in a great deal of conspiracy theory: the idea that all religion was actually inspired by the use of hallucinogens.  Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Cold War Echo," "Remedy for Melancholy," "Comatose," "Daylight PON II," "daemones," and "Oneiri." Correction: The episode seems to imply that Ruck himself conducted research on cannabis's use as a sacrament, when in fact I only meant that Ruck had promoted the research, which was actually published in Chris Bennett and Neil McQueen's book Sex, Drugs, Violence... and the Bible. The blog post has been amended to clarify this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part Three - Bob Lazar
31-10-2023
UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part Three - Bob Lazar
In the feature-length conclusion to my series on UFO whistleblowers of the past, I look at the discredited Bob Lazar and his long debunked claims, and I show how the same people who promoted his hoax are literally behind David Grusch and his similar claims recently made before Congress. Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Remedy for Melancholy," "daemones," "Oneiri," and "Sentinel." Additional music licensed through Blue Dot Sessions under a blanket license active at the time of this episode's publication, including "Cicle DR Valga," "Cicle Vascule," "Access Road 442," "Black Ballots," "The Gran Dias," "Bauxite," "Cobweb Transit," " Matephysik," "Tarte Tatin," "Aloscape 2," "Invernen," and "Brimevil." Also featuring: "Leaving Home," "Spacial Harvest," "Twisting," and "Echoes of Time" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part Two - Bill Cooper
17-10-2023
UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part Two - Bill Cooper
In the EXTRA-long second part of my series looking at the lack of credibility of previous UFO "whistleblowers" in order to evaluate the reliability of recent claims made before Congress, I look at Bill Cooper, who went from UFO hoaxer to OG conspiracy wacko.  Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Remedy for Melancholy," "Realness," "Oneiri," "Sentinel," "Chance," "daemones," "Cold War Echo," and "periculum."  Additional music licensed through Blue Dot Sessions under a blanket license active at the time of this episode's publication, including "Cicle DR Valga," "Game Lands," "Cicle Deserrat," "Preston and Carle," "Access Road 214," "Cherry Heath," "Lick Stick," "Invernen," "The Griffiths," "Cicle Gerano," "Delicates," and "Dusting." Also featuring: "Leaving Home" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part One - Donald Keyhoe and John Lear
03-10-2023
UFO Whistleblowers: An American Tradition, Part One - Donald Keyhoe and John Lear
We haven't had a congressional hearing on UFOs since 1966. Recently, a whistleblower named David Grusch testified before Congress about a government cover-up of the spacecraft and alien bodies they've retrieved. But people have come forward claiming such things before. What can their stories teach us about how trustworthy Grusch's claims may be?  Direct all advertising inquiries to advertising@airwavemedia.com. Visit www.airwavemedia.com to find other high-quality podcasts! Find a transcript of this episode with source citations and related imagery at www.historicalblindness.com sometime before the release of the next episode. Pledge support on Patreon to get an ad-free feed with exclusive episodes! Check out my novel, Manuscript Found!  And check out the show merch, which make perfect gifts!  Further support the show by giving a one-time gift at paypal.me/NathanLeviLloyd or finding me on Venmo at @HistoricalBlindness. Some music on this episode is by Kai Engel, licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0), including "Remedy for Melancholy" and "Cold War Echo"   Additional music licensed through Blue Dot Sessions under a blanket license active at the time of this episode's publication, including "Cicle DR Valga, "The Cornice," "Black Ballots," "Tarte Tatin," "Voyager," "Temperance," "Game Lands," "Service Road 237," "Delicates," "Access Road 138," "Curio" and "ZigZag Heart." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices